THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
Tuesday, April 7,
1903.
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CORRESPONDENCE
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION AT
ST. LOUIS.
National Aid Likely to be the Principal
Subject of Discussion.
Editor of The Progressive Farmer :
Several weeks ago arrangements
were completed for assembling in St.
Louis on April 27 the greatest good
roads convention ever held. It is
proposed to make it not only na
tional but international in charcter.
Judging from the selection of dele
gates already made in many Stats,
it looks as if the convention will be
made up of representative men from
all parts of the country.
Undoubtedly the principal subject
for discussion will be that of Nation
al aid as outlined in the bill intro
duced in the last Congress by Rep
resentative Brownlow. The friends
of that measure will go to the con
vention "loaded to the muzzle" with
arguments in its defense. Among
the arguments which will they offer
with the greatest confidence, the fol
lowing may be noted:
1. The Government aided in the
building of many of the great rail
roads, especially in the West by
grants of enormous areas of land and
otherwise. Yet these roads are with
out exception owned by private in
dividuals and corporations, and ope
rated solely for private gain. How
much more necessary and proper
then for the Government to aid and
encourage the building of highways
which are public property for the
use and benefit of the people?
2. The Government annually ap
propriates many millions of dollars
for the improvement of rivers and
harbors to facilitate commerce. But
these appropriations are of necessity
veryunequally distributed, a few
States receiving the greater part, and
many others receiving none what
ever. But the improvement of the
public highways is just as important
to commerce, and a National appro
priation for that purpose could be so
distributed as to give each State its
proper share.
3. Money appropriated by Congress
for other purposes only accomplish
results commensurate with the
amount spent ; but money appropri
ated to aid and encourage road im
provement would accomplish vastly
more, because States and counties
could only secure the benefit of this
aid by contributing proportional
sums. A National appropriation for
this purpose would serve as a univer
sal stimulus to road improvement.
4. The free delivery of mail in the
rural districts must always remain
limited to those communities which,
by reason of their wealth or favor
able natural conditions, are able to
have good roads. Other communities
whose people are equally deserving,
and whosec ontributions help to
maintain the whole postal system,
are deprived of the blessings of free
delivery because of their poverty or
because natural conditions make road
improvement difficult and expensive.
Here is a grave injustice which can
be remedied in one of the two ways:
Either (1) the whole scheme of rural
free delivery must be abandoned be
cause it cannot be carried out with
equal justice to all the people, or (2)
the National Government must lend
a hand to. help the less favored com
munities improve their roads, thus
making universal rural free delivery
possible. The fathers of the Repub
lic provided for just such a contin
gency as this when they empowered
Congress to establish post-offices and
post-roads.
These and similar arguments will
be put forward with a great deal of
zeal and enthusiasm by the advocates
of National aid. As several State
Conventions have already endorsed
this scheme, it will not be surprising
if the St. Louis Convention also ap
proves it. B.P. W.
Washington, D. C, April 4, 1903.
Sampson County Farmers' Alliance.
We hope to have a representative
from every sub Alliance in the coun
ty at South River the second Thurs
day in April. Every farmer that is
a friend to the Alliance will get
something good to feast on if he will
go and help us on iji our work. We
are doing some business through the
Alliance at our sub, and saving more
money than it takes to pay our dues.
We should do more, and we are de
termined to do more in the future.
-Remember the day ana place of
county meeting: second Thursday in
April at South River.
J. A. TURLINGTON,
Secretary.
Columbus County Alliance.
The following is the program for
the next quarterly meeting of Colum
bus County Alliance to be held at
Chadbourn, Thursday, April 9 :
1. Organized Effort. J. C. Bain,
leading.
2. Law-Abiding in Public Instruc
tion. F. T. Woo ten, leading.
3. Intense Farming and Literature.
II. Wyche, leading.
The general public is invited to
participate. One-half hour alotted
to each subject and to the basket
about the same. The opening may
vary to suit the train arrivals, but
eleven o'clock is the usual hour.
J. R. BALDWIN,
Committee.
Chadlv-arn paper please copy.
CURED SWEENY, AND EN
LARGEMENT OF HUMAN
FOOT.
Cottonwood, Ala., Feb. 17, 1903.
The Lawrence-Williams Co., Cleve
land, O.:
The GOMBAULT'S CAUSTIC
BALSAM ordered of you in Novem
ber, 1902, cured my mule of sweeney.
September 30, 1902, one of my little
boys hurt one of his feet. It was
so slightly hurt we paid no attention
to it at first. In a few days the foot
inflamed and I had to call a physi
cian. After a month or six weeks his
foot seemed to be well except it was
about one-fourth larger than the
other, and it seemed to be an enlarge
ment of the bone. Commenced to
use the Balsam, and to-dav, I am
happy to say, his foot is alf O. K.
P. II. FRETH.
One Town's Tribute to the Standard Oil
Trust.
Statesville folks are experiencing
the beauties of the Standard Oil
trust these days. Some time ago
the Standard raised the price of oil
two cents a gallon. This necessita
ted an increase in the retail price by .
the merchants, and a gallon of kero- ;
sene now costs eighteen cents instead j
of fifteen cents as heretofore. j
It is estimated that about 1,500 j
gallons of kerosene are sold by the j
Statesville merchants weeiay; ana
the increase in price means that the
consumers of oil in, Statesville pay
$:0 a week, about $1',G00 a year more
revenue to the Standard Oil trust.
It is easy to see how Rockefeller can
give millions to education. But it
will be a long time before North Car
olina will ever get as much back
from him as he is squeezing out of
her people every week now by levying
the additional tribute of two cents a
gallon, for it will amount probably
to over $300,000 annually. States
ville Mascot.
Bgl.00 a bottle.
All driicp-ists.
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Wood's Hew Seed Book for 1903
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